![]() ![]() In high school, surrounded mostly by students of color but still feeling marginalized due to her bicultural, biracial heritage, she was criticized for her obsession with white culture. In elementary school, Filipino classmates commented on her less-than-Filipino name and appearance. Gharib thoughtfully explores the gradations of diversity and what they meant to different people. She honestly recounts the challenges she faced as a biracial child trying to appease both sides of her family, providing detailed (and oftentimes humorous) insights into her parents’ cultural differences, both significant (her mother is Catholic while her father is Muslim) and nuanced (food, etiquette, expectations for her behavior). ![]() A graphic memoir about being half Filipino, half Egyptian-and 100% American.Īfter her parents’ divorce, debut author Gharib spent her school years with her Filipino relatives in Cerritos, California, and summers with her father and his new family in Egypt. ![]()
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